This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

The Real LegoLand.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

This massive home was constructed by one of the greatest conservationists in Colorado history.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.

Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!